Shonie Carter is sick of the UFC

The UFC seems to be getting clogged up with fighters who can win on any given night but aren’t about to be champions any time soon. No fighter fits this bill more than Shonie Carter. He’ll beat any fighter in the UFC just to prove that he can, but doesn’t have the consistancy to ever become a contender. There’s not too much you can do with a guy like Shonie, and he’s getting sick of waiting for the UFC to figure out what they want from him:

“They want me to sit back on my thumbs and get older and older, but I’m not 25; I’m 35. If the UFC is not going to put me on, then fucking cut me. I want my UFC Hall of Fame award, but ain’t no award, no medal, no plaque or no belt paying my bills. It’s to that point and I’m like, this is some bullshit. ”

“Dana White can give himself a 5 million dollar raise and a $700,000 swimming pool and Monte Cox just got himself a brand new Cadillac Escalade and a 1.8 million dollar house and I’m like, motherfucker, I’m trying to upgrade to a 2 bedroom apartment. I’m like, what the fuck man; none of those guys have taken one punch. Well, Monte may have because he’s done some boxing, but that’s pussy ass boxing.”

If you ask me, Shonie should do what every fighter with some name recognition should do: Give Ken Pavia a call. If Ken can hook Sean Salmon up with double digit matches, imagine what he can do with Shonie?

If Shonie could defeat a 2-0 iron worker and get his personal life in order instead of trying to issue Amber Alerts for his kids who are with their mom that still has legal custody of them he might just be able to have a 3 or 4 bedroom apartment. As is, he’s been failing at both lately. He’s squandered away the success that he’s gained and potential he has and has noone to blaim for the majority of it but himself. Yelling at those who could get him ahead in life is another good example of why he’s on hard times in the first place.

Wait a sec! I actually like Shonie! Damn your brainwashing techniques fightlinker, now you’re turning us all into a bunch of sarcastic downers!

Oh boy, that Shonie’s a card! He gets his ass beat in the octagon, so he deserves the millions Dana makes after building the organization form the ground up? Makes perfect sense. He’s also the biggest one trick pony in the game, and constant telegraphed spinning backfists do not make for excitement in my book.

I have little sympathy for the fighters with similar stories. Until they decide to organize themselves (possibly unionize) they will continue to be taken advantage of. If it can happen to Randy Couture (admittedly on a much higher level) then it can happen to anyone. Fighters deserve much more than they’re getting but what they get is what they negotiated.

I’d love to see some more Shonie in the UFC. Fuck, use him as a gatekeeper. Why do we still have to watch shitty ass Gurgel but dont get to watch Shonie. I dont think he’ll ever be champ or anything like that but he’d be perfect to match up against a UFC newcomer or someone coming off a loss. If you beat Shonie then you got skills, if you lose then you need to go back to the drawing board. If UFC doesn’t want him send him over to EliteXC, I heard they need some welterweight talent.

They would like to keep someone like Shonie on the sidlines so they can put him up against fighters who are up and coming as a test. Other than that I don’t think they would have any more use for him. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him get matched up against someone from tuf six.